Grzelcyk Not Recovering As Expected

When the Sabres had some injuries on the back end to start the season, they added veteran Matt Grzelcyk on a one-year deal to give them some more depth. However, after just one appearance, he has been sidelined with a lower-body since then, one that occurred nearly five weeks ago. Recovery from that injury is not going well by the sounds of it. Head coach Lindy Ruff told reporters including Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald (Twitter link) that they’re in a bit of a holding pattern with Grzelcyk’s recovery. The injury hasn’t really improved

and now it’s more of a hope that what he’s doing will work. If not, they’ll have to take another approach. Speculatively, that could be a surgical procedure, which would mean that Grzelcyk would be out for an extended period of time on top of all the action he has already missed.